User input of 1 character

[SkYWAGz]

I'm making a C++ program that displays a user input of only 1 character, so basicly it's the same as doing this:

char x; cin >> x; previouslyDefinedVar = x;
But my program is GUI and I'm definitely not using the command box. Also, the input character should be submitted once the user presses a key, so he doesn't have to hit ENTER or click on a Submit button. This is not a kind of key logger, the input window should be visible. And please explain your code, I won't use any code if I don't understand it. I'm using Code::Blocks 13.12 on Windows 8.

To make myself clear, I want someone to write a code that displays a dialog box and gets the user input of 1 character into a variable.

[Duthomhas]

That's what the key event handler is for.

What GUI system are you using?

(Win32? Qt? wxWidgets? etc?)

[SkYWAGz]

I'm using Code::Blocks, so I guess it's wxSmith.

[Duthomhas]

http://docs.wxwidgets.org/trunk/overview_events.html